Misinchinka River
| Feature Type: | River - Watercourse of variable size, which has tributaries and flows into a body of water or a larger watercourse. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SW into Parsnip River, between McLeod Lake and S end Williston Lake, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°06'12"N, 122°57'27"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93O/2 |
| Related Maps: |
93O/1 93O/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 September 1954 on 93O, as labelled on BC maps 1G, 1916, and 1H, 1917; not "Missinchinka" as had been spelled on BC map 1A, 1912. Origin/significance not known. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 55 12 - 122 18 at 93 O/1. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |